PDF malware analysis — malicious · c98ef882bdd845a3

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:14:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05

MD5: 132a23510050beac946c9272acb3dacc SHA-1: 2788f44ab33116811d6d01662229d931d30b5ba6 SHA-256: c98ef882bdd845a38dcbfdd9caf71674cd4a98e49b1148b3510c5ded392d0c7c

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM

PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM

Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
External URI info PDF_URI

PDF contains an external URL action
Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL

The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
URL https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mhw+level+up+guiding+lands+fast PDF link annotation
- https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094619fbc710---3554118671.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/590113b23d2c9eb7c27df7499e6561cc/gatex.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d3f349949---94116925110.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161203334a6253---susitosuxemugudufurawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://jatechkj.pl/upload/fck/file/66411779082.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/noragarezinobupetikesifot.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a822ad22d1d---30463810044.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://bereanbaptistashton.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8668e480cca1e897b6add33210fc6/File/gotigimarosalumelifiwane.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://elektro-galerie-hamburg.de/userfiles/file/3367927448.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1625004038.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/resuzezijapuwajadude.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210630_035450.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/75393262102.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://yorapp.it/file/zanade.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-6/20210506221634673453.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizubapaver.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/morexunor.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943e1845ee9---kufuperi.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec96a304d3b---15291426109.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2486aba04---61381855623.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee1b8e40353f236d7e57496a38d3465/lewaduvuperavavare.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29de5acb5e---nawod.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/66042241377.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
- http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
- http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000e7a3.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7A3	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`
`font_01_sfnt_off0000ffba.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFBA	10804 bytes
SHA-256: `542b553e84db12c228336ac8c466d10f9c9cd665a6e8d8f6f6a99405cecf43a5`
`font_02_sfnt_off00011866.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11866	17616 bytes
SHA-256: `da181f2761502ca469b6d3ff2fbc226ca607da62ca7d16f1e3b0f48240b3d85c`

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